Production Manager

Overview:

As Production Manager you are responsible for the coordination of all FWS projects. You will manage the day to day operations of production, ensuring projects are run effectively and efficiently. As well as overall production management you will provide technical and commercial support, and run your own projects. Together with the CSD you will help guide the production team to deliver its three-fold remit: foster strong relationships with clients, produce the best game content possible and deliver it on time and budget for business success.

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Manage and coordinate production projects, status and workflow
• Inspire the team to produce high-quality content across video, print, creative and digital
• Rally the production team to deliver client projects in the best way possible
• Ongoing responsibility of production projects to deliver on time and budget
• Mentor and guide other members of the production team
• Assign allocated resources to projects based on workload and capabilities
• Responsible for the effective use of Production Management software across teams
• Support the Client Service Director on commercial activities
• Ongoing responsibility of keeping track of project margins and resource utilisation
• Build strong and trusting relationships with clients and internal team members
• Oversee management of all contractors and freelancers necessary for project and commercial success

Skills & Experience:

• 8+ years working as a producer in a creative environment (3+ in gaming)
• Background in post production mandatory
• Exceptional project management and commercial acumen
• Extensive multimarket portfolio of produced work across all media channels
• Excellent communication and people management skills
• Exceptional creative problem-solving skills
• Exceptional technical production knowledge

About Fire Without Smoke

We love games, so we built an agency specifically to create the best game content possible. As experienced marketers, creatives and avid gamers we ensure that we put every bit of ourselves into each and every project. If we love making the content – we’re sure the fans will love watching it. Based in London and Montreal, but with clients right across the globe we aim to envision, develop and produce content that not only sells but excites. All created under one roof, our multi-disciplined in-house teams can take any brief from idea to realisation.